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The Tories have thrown their hats into the ring after Prime Minister David Cameron stepped down when the British people decided to turn their back on the EU .

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Mr Sharma said: "I believe serious times call for a serious candidate. Someone who is very experienced at the highest levels. Someone who is highly competent. Someone who will command respect on the international stage.

“Of course we have very many fine and able people in the Conservative Party who will be putting themselves forward for the highest office.

"In my party people want to get onto the front bench, not get off it. I believe the candidate with the most experience, most able to unite our country and steer us through some very choppy waters is Theresa May, our Home Secretary.

“Theresa has very real experience from the private sector and fantastic experience at the very top of government.

"She will command respect from Delhi to Dublin, from Brussels to Beijing. And Theresa May will work tirelessly for our country, as she has done every day over the past six years as Home Secretary.”

The Reading West MP and the Home Secretary were both Remain supporters in the run up to the referendum, while Boris Johnson spearheaded the Leave campaign.